What it was Like for Brock Huard to Play with Peyton Manning

Two left handed quarterbacks in Scott Mitchell and Brock Huard
catch up. Come to find out, there isn’t that many left handed
quarterbacks who played in the NFL. Brock married a left
handed women but none of their kids are left handed. Scott’s
quarterback’s coach when he was drafted to the Miami Dolphins was
in a frenzy. Brock does every sport right handed except when
he throws.

Both Brock and Scott were coached by Tom Moore and exchanged
stories and even impersonations. Scott tells the story of his
team in Detroit that started the season 0-3 and their head coach
Wayne Fontes called the team in wondering what was going on.
They just needed to throw the ball more. Wayne Fontes was
fired and Tom Moore left to go to the Indianapolis Colts to coach a
guy named Peyton Manning. Brock Huard was his backup, which
meant that he didn’t play. Brock tells a story about playing
the Dallas Cowboys at home. They ran the same play 18
straight times and it was never stopped.

The Monday Night Football crew talked to Tom Moore and asked him
why Peyton Manning got all of the reps in practice. Scott
wasn’t sure who the backup QB was. But Tom said that if
Peyton doesn’t play then they are effed and they don’t practice
effed. Come to find out that backup QB was Brock Huard.
But Brock’s commentary experience was fueled by working with Peyton
Manning.

Is Tom Brady the greatest of all-time? Brock is amazed at
how well Tom has played and how he is still playing at a high level
at age 40. His older brother Damon was in training camp with
New England and he was scared that he was going to be cut because
the third string QB was really good, even better than Drew Bledsoe
who was the starter. That third string QB was Tom
Brady. Brock had dinner with Tom Brady when visiting his
brother in New England and could tell that he had high expectations
for himself (Brady).

Brock had one brother play in the NFL and another almost played,
which is rare but he gives his dad who coached him in high school a
lot of credit. But growing up, he would always be playing and
competing against his brothers spent thousands upon thousands of
hours.

Time for the Gauntlet of Truth. If Brock could play in any
era of the NFL and with any team, who would he want to play
with? He would play for the current New England
Patriots. Brock’s biggest regret in his life was his lack of
vulnerability and not getting more help. The one thing that
he wants people to know about Brock Huard is how thankful he was
for participating in a team in sports and in life. Other than
his wife and parents, who has the greatest influence of his life is
Scott Sears. He brought him to being a Christian.

Scott Mitchell takes his helmet off to show you the inside scoop
of all kinds of sports from football to even golf. Scott Mitchell
is a former NFL quarterback who was a star quarterback at the
University of Utah before going on to have a professional career
playing with the Miami Dolphins, the Orlando Thunder, the Detroit
Lions, the Baltimore Ravens, and the Cincinnati Bengals. Scott also
hosts the podcast Rivals with former NFL player Jason Buck.

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Helmets Off is hosted by former NFL and University of Utah football quarterback and reality TV star, Scott Mitchell. Helmets Off offers Scott's insider knowledge on all of the biggest stories in sports. During interviews Scott has a very personal and candid conversation with successful people from all walks of life. The listeners of Helmets Off get to be a fly on the wall of a personal, insightful and unplugged conversation.